Reddy: $170k to assist 42 farmers

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Farmers Runal Datt and Vimlesh Singh with the Irrigation Kit after the handover at Legalega research station in Nadi. Picture: BALJEET SINGH

The Agriculture Ministry has allocated $170,000 towards assisting 42 farmers whose farms are located a fair distance from their homes.

Speaking in Parliament this month, Agriculture Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy said the money was from the $29.2 million in the 2022-2023 National Budget allocation for fast tracking growth in the agriculture sector.

“We have also provided assistance in this package of $29.2m, farmers whose farming land is far away from where they are staying,” he said.

“This is typical in Fiji in the rural interior where we have got farmers living in villages, but their farm is about two kilometres to three kilometres away.

“When they go to work on their farm, they do not return the same day, they return three days later, four days later et cetera.

“So they need a small farm house or farm shed.

“For that, the ministry has got a package of material and we are looking at assisting close to 42 farmers to construct farm sheds on their farms with an allocation of $170,000.”

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